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PNS 2: Spinal Nerves
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- 1How many spinal nerves does the body contain?31 pairs
- 2What types of nerves are they?mixed nerves
- 3Which part of spinal nerve will go on to become the main nerve?ventral ramus
- 4Sensory branch from somatic nerve is also calledcutaneous
- 5What is a dermatome?area of skin innervated by cutaneous branches of a single spinal nerve
- 6What is a plexus?complicated interlacing nerve networks
- 7each limb receives its nerve supply from one of more than one spinal nerve?more than one
- 8Cervical plexus-nerves C1-C4
-serves around back of head and neck
-Phrenic nerve - 9Brachial plexus-C5-T1
-upper limbs
-axillary, musculocutaneous, radial, median, ulnar - 10Lumbar plexus-L1-L4
-hip and anterior thigh
-Femoral and Obturator - 11Sacral plexus-L4-S4
-buttock, perineal, posterior thigh, lower leg
-sciatic, tibial, common fibular, gluteal, pudenal
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- Flashcards on PNS 2: Spinal Nerves, created by Karson Green on 14/12/2016.
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